Fuel-receptacle for cooking-stoves.



Patented Oct. 29, l90l.

I c. n. OBCUTT. I FUEL RECEPTAGLE FUR (HIKING 'STDVES.

(Application filed Nov. 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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OHARLOTTE D. OROUTT, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTI-ITO MARY LOUISE EVERETT, OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

FUEL-RECEPTACLE FOR COOKlNG-STOVES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 685,484, dated October29, 1901.

Application filed November 10 1900. S l NO- 97- (No 111011811) To a whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE D. ORCUTT, of Boston, in the county ofSuflolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fuel-Receptacles for Cooking-Stoves, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a f uel-receptacle whichcan be applied to and removed from the fire-box of a cooking-stove, andis adapted to hold a relatively small quantity of fuel near the top ofthe stove, to

the end that the fuel may be economized by maintaining a shallow bed offuel in close proximity to the top of the stove, the receptacle beingremoved from the stove when it is desirable to support the fuel on theordinary grate of the fire-box in the usual way.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a fuel-receptacle embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a transverse vertical section of the same,showing it in place in the fire-box of a cookingstove.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in both thefigures.

My improved fuel-receptacle is a relatively shallow basket a, formed tobe supported in the upper portion of the fire-boxb of a cookstove andprovided with feet on its front and rear sides, formed to bear uponportions of the stove adjacent to the fire-box and support thereceptacle in the upper portion of the fire-box, so that the fi're willbe in relatively close proximity to the top of the stove. The bottom ofthe receptacle a is composed of bars a, separated by suitable spaces,forming a grate, and the sides are preferably of grated or open-Workform, as shown in the drawings. The horizontal top bar of the rear sideof the basket is depressed below the top bar a, of the front side of thebasket, so that the rear side of the basket is lower than the front sideto permit the products of combustion to pass freely from the receptacleinto the flue through which said products are usually conducted from thefire-box over the oven of the stove.

The feet which support the receptacle may be of any suitableconstruction and arrangement. In the construction 'here shown the reartop bar a is provided with two rearwardly-projeoting feet a a, which areconstructed to be horizontally extended or contracted, as clearly shownin Fig. l. The front top bar a is provided with forwardlyprojecting carsa a, with which are engaged vertical rods a 0. to the lower ends ofwhich is secured a footpiece a the latter being vertically adjustable bymeans of the rods a, which for this purpose maybe screw-threaded andprovided with suitable nuts to permit the vertical adjustment of thefootpiece a and hold it at any position to which it may be adjusted. Thefeet 0. in the present instance bear upon the upper'edge of the rearfire-brick lining c, and the foot a bears upon the upper edge of thefront fire-bricklining d. The adjustability of the feet a enables theattachment to be adjusted to various widths of fire-box, and thevertical adjustability of the foot (1 adapts said foot to the height ofthe supporting-shoulder at the front of the firebox whatever may be thedistance between said shoulder and the top of the stove.

I do not limit myself to the details of construction here shown .and mayvariously modify the same without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

If desired, the ends of the receptacle may have telescopic or adjustablefeet a tobear on projections at the ends of the fire-box, said feet abeing designed for use in conjunction with the feet ofiand a when thestructure of the stove renders it desirable that such feet a be employedfor steadying the receptacle or for any other purpose.

The foot 0. may have adjustable extensions a for use in stoves havingunusually-wide fire-boxes.

It will be seen that the structure is such that it may be applied to thefire-box of almost any stove without regard to the size of saidfire-box, and this may be done without varya ing the size of thebasket-like receptacle. In

other words, the front, end, and rearwalls of the receptacle areintegral with the bottom, thus avoiding any possibility of any comingapart of sections and dumping of the fire contained therein, and at thesame time the sup ports for the receptacle are adjustable, so as topermit it to rest easily upon the top of the fire-brick lining in suchposition that the entire structure can be readily removed by liftingafter removing" the top of the stove.

I claim- 1. Afuel-receptacle having agrated bottom and provided withhorizontally-ad j ustable rear projections extending rearwardly from therear of the receptacle below the plane of the top of the front thereof,and a verticallyadjustable front support extending forwardly I from thefront of the receptacle.

2. A fuel-receptacle havinga grated bottom and provided withhorizontallyadjustable rear projections extending rearwardly from therear of the receptacle below the plane of the top of the front thereof,frontprojections extending forwardly from the front of the receptacle, afootpiece below the said front proj ections, and adjustable connectionsbetween said footpiece and the front projections, whereby the distancebetween the footpiece and the front projections may be Varied.

3. A fuel-receptacle having a grated bottom and provided withhorizontallyadjustable projections extending, rearwardly from the rearof the receptacle below the plane of the top of the front thereof, earsextending for wardly from the front of the receptacle, vertical rods adjustably connected with said ears,

and a footpiece connected with the lower ends of said rods, for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my s1g= nature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLOTTE D. ORCUTTi Witnesses:

WM. B. ORCUTT, (J. F. BROWN.

